Alan F. E. Thiese

4 March 2022

 

The President of the United States of America

The Senate Majority Leader

The House of Representatives Speaker

The Senior Senator for Georgia

The Junior Senator for Georgia

The Second District Representative for Georgia

 

Greetings Most Honorable Duly Elected Leaders,

 

The United States of America is Strong because of the People.  That is what I gleaned from the State of the Union the other evening.  As I commenced the composing of this letter to you I thought of our Former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.  She was recently asked during an Electronic Media Interview concerning the Putin invasion of Ukraine what kept her awake at night.  Her one word response was “America!”  So brief, but so poignant!!  If you are not focused on the United States of America we are looking at a tragic future!!

 

In my view your collective actions as you support our Commander in Chief, that is You Mr. President,  are questionable.  This summary of the “Great Give Away” along with the tragic loss of 13 lives of our Heroes back in August of 2021  which I addressed in an earlier letter should certainly cause great concern about the future of our United States of America.  I suspect that you understand that the World Leaders are looking at what I call “The Timid” actions of our Country and our current Leadership involvement as a Leader of the Free World.  If our potential enemies consider us as weak or even timid there is not much of a future for each of us.  That means You and I and all of our fellow citizens.  I am confident that each of you are keenly aware of the Leadership model that the President of Ukraine is currently showing the entire World.

 

President Joe “Afghanistan Debacle / Illegal Immigration - Drugs Debacle” Biden and his “GIFT” to the Taliban in Afghanistan!  

 

 Thanks to the Government Accountability Office, there’s now a clear picture of how much U.S. military equipment fell into the Taliban’s hands during hasty pullout from Afghanistan ordered by Pres. Joe Biden, as follows -
Aircraft: The Taliban now has 208 planes and helicopters -

110 helicopters
60 transport/cargo planes
20 light attack planes
18 intelligence/surveillance planes
Vehicles: Numerous Humvees included in total of 75,898 vehicles -

42,604 tactical vehicles
22,174 Humvees
8,998 medium tactical vehicles
1,005 recovery vehicles
928 mine-resistant vehicles
189 armored tanks
Weapons: 

 

599,690 weapons were left to the Taliban -

358,530 rifles
126,295 pistols
64,363 machine guns
25,327 grenade launchers
12,692 shotguns
9,877 RPGs
2,606 howitzers

 

Also, there were over two thousand night-vision goggles, surveillance drones, and communication devices.

Price tag: The total cost of US military equipment left in Afghanistan is nearly $84 billion dollars ! 

[Source: GAO analysis of Department of Defense data]

 

From My point of view, the “Great Give Away” summarized above was certainly not in the best interest of the United States of America.

 

During the recent State of the Union I heard about how vital our U. S. Military is.  This is understood by Myself and Thousands of Georgia Citizens as well as Freedom Loving Citizens in our entire Country.  Here is a summary of what our Military means to Georgia, U. S. A.

 

 

Military Bases in Georgia

A Summary of the economic impact of the 8 larger Facilities

 

Please Note that that the information below is what I was able to acquire from the respective Web-Sites of these Facilities.  There is no standard format required so I am presenting what I learned.

 

Warner Robins Airforce Base – Warner Robins.  2019 information.  Workforce 23,968 of which 14,821 are civilians, 6,188 are Military and 2,958 Other employees – most likely Contractors.  The 2019 Economic Impact was reported as 3.38 Billion.

 

Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Air Base near Savannah.  21,818 Active Duty.  Army 18,429.  Reserve Members 593.  Students 127 and 478 Other Services.  DOD Civilians – 4,983. 1,143 Military Family Members.  28,739 Retirees and Family Members 45,454.  Total:  121,763.

 

King’s Bay Submarine Base near St. Mary’s.  Because of Security Concerns the only population data available was from the 2010 Census.  A total population of the Military Community was reported as 50,513.

 

Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta.  The only data I found was the On Base Population was listed as 886.

 

Dobbins Air Force Reserve  Base near Atlanta.  2500 Air Force Reservist and more than 2000 Navy/Marine/Navy Reservist.  This does not include Family Members or Military Contractors.

 

Fort Gordon Army Base near Augusta.  Of special note at least 5,000 Military who serve at the Cyber Security Headquarters which was established in 2014.  30,000 Military and Civilian Employees.  Estimated Economic Impact 1.1 Billion.

 

Fort Benning Army Base/Training Command near Columbus.  120.000 Active Duty, Family Members, Reservist, Retirees and Civilian Employes.

 

Marine Corps Logistics, Albany.  1000 Military and 3000 Dod Civilian personnel and Contractors.

 

Additionally I learned from the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Web-Site that there are 697,127 Veterans living in Georgia which is 8.98% of the Georgia population.  Of these over 88,000 are Female Veterans.  This data was as of September 30, 2017.

 

Compiled on 13 January 2021

 

I am confident that as you review the above list you will realize that many of these facilities are in Georgia because of the involvement of the Honorable Carl Vinson who served in the House of Representatives many years ago.  In fact His service had such a National impact that we have in Our U. S. Navy an Aircraft Carrier that bears His Name. 

 

I also did appreciate the State of the Union Address from the standpoint of the “Burn Pit” issue which was addressed.  I also appreciate that our U. S. Congress is correctly doing something about this issue.  Certainly a problem that many were aware of, but now a hot button issue. 

 

As I conclude this Letter I am not impressed with the fact that “Climate Change” is now an issue.  Is it on your agenda to focus on this as a means of earning votes this November?

 

I do recall simply because I have been on this Planet for some time about the “Upcoming Ice Age Scare” that garnered attention in the late 1960s and the 1970s.  I am sure that you all realize that this did not happen. 

 

Just as some of our current elected leaders used the Covid 19 Pandemic during the last election cycle are you now preparing to implement or continue some of the potential schemes that may have contributed to potential/alleged election fraud in the 2020 election cycle

 

I think it would be a shame if Covid 19 Crisis and Climate Change Concerns could be the genesis of altering the “Rules and Regulations” pertaining to our Elections this November 2022.   Tale this opportunity to remind each of you that elections in our U. S. A. have faced many challenges in our past History.  You and I know that Legal U. S. Citizens respect our Election System and it does not need to be altered to allow illegals to vote.  I also know that our systems of government was established on the fact that One Citizen is One Vote!  No more, No Less!

 

I look forward to your continued Leadership that You. Your Family, and all of our fellow Citizens can be very proud of.

 

Just as I did in the first paragraph of this letter to You when I cited a Former Secretary of State and her Leadership example I will close with another individual, not a Citizen of the U. S. A. but the “Queen Mum” a Leader by the example she displayed during her life with emphasis on World War Two.  She did not run and hide during the Blitzkrieg of London.  She remained in London and was continually with the fellow citizens of Britain. The attached is a copy of the print that I recently purchased.  The Event displayed on this print shows her arrival of Saint Paul’s in London when the entire British Empire remembered U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during a Memorial service held on 14 April 1969 just a few months after his death.  Dwight David Eisenhower was the Commanding General for the conduct of “Operation Overlord” which is also called “D-Day.”  I was a part of the U. S. Honor Guard across the steps from the British Military!  The “Queen Mum” was either looking at Me or one of My Fellow Shipmates”  At that time we were all Sailors assigned to the Staff of U. S. Naval Forces, Europe located at 7 North Audley Street, London W. 1.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Alan F. E. Thiese